Do your students refuse to apply themselves to complex tasks? Do they lack perseverance? You may be the reason.
From the TED website: Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
Please share your reactions and refection in this page's discussion forum! - fogleman May 13, 2010
Do your students refuse to apply themselves to complex tasks? Do they lack perseverance? You may be the reason.
From the TED website: Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
Please share your reactions and refection in this page's discussion forum! -